Victim raped by accused after he threatened to show photos of her undressed to her family, trial is told

A blackmailer raped a woman and pocketed her life savings after threatening to publish lingerie photos of her, a court heard.

Daood Hussain, 28, demanded his victim
meet him for sex sessions or he claimed he would print X-rated pictures
advertising her as a prostitute, jurors were told.

The unemployed electrical engineer, of St Andrews Road, Bordesley Village, has denied 12 charges of rape and one of blackmail.

In
a police interview played at Birmingham Crown Court the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said Hussain had demanded she meet him during the summer of 2012.

It
is alleged he showed her a leaflet he had made which included pictures of her in lingerie, along with her address and telephone number.

A caption at the bottom advertised her as a prostitute, the court heard.

Opening the case prosecutor Paul Jarvis said: ‘‘This case is all about financial and sexual exploitation by this man.

“She was fearful of what he would do if she did not comply with his requests.

“Her family would have been horrified to find she was allowing pictures to be taken in that way.

“She simply couldn’t bear to face the consequences that would follow if her family saw the document.”

In
a tearful interview played to jurors the woman, a Muslim, told police officers: “I begged him not to do anything and told him about the situation at home. My mum had been in hospital.

“I told him he wouldn’t achieve anything but... he wasn’t listening to anything I said.

“He made up his mind that’s what he was going to do and that’s what he did.

“I tried so hard not to cry in front of him so he wouldn’t know he was getting to me.

“I’m in shock, devastated.’’

In
interview, the woman told police officers she agreed to meet Hussain ten times in the run up to Ramadan in June and July 2012, sometimes in his car and other times at various hotels around Birmingham.

On
one occasion she claims she gave him her £10,000 life savings to stop him revealing the pictures.

Each time she said he demanded she perform a
sex act on him, or the pictures would be shown to her family.

The alleged victim eventually complained to police and Hussain was arrested and his mobile phone and laptops were seized.

Officers
found £2,700 cash from the woman’s bank account in his room and the document he made up saved on his computer, the court heard.

Defending
Hussain, Farah Ramzan said the woman had consented to sex and had paid for some of the hotel rooms where the pair had met.

The jurors of five women and seven men were sent home on Tuesday after a day of deliberation, to continue on Wednesday.